Kentucky’s Louisville Metro Police released cellphone videos that show two officers throwing slushies on pedestrians from inside unmarked police vehicles. Officers Bryan Wilson and Curt Flynn pleaded guilty in 2022 in federal court to violating the rights of citizens through arbitrary use of force while on duty. Flynn was sentenced to three months in prison, […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has approved clean air rules for coal- and wood-fired stoves that could force some pizzerias to install expensive emission control devices or go out of business. Some pizzerias that have already installed emission control systems to meet the new mandate said it cost them over $600,000, a price others […]
According to his death certificate, Anthony Don Mitchell died as a result of hypothermia as well as “sepsis resulting from infections injuries obtained during incarceration and medical neglect.” Mitchell was held for 14 days in the Walker County, Alabama, jail after he fired a gun towards officers who had come to his home for a […]
German police raided homes across the nation and interrogated 45 people suspected of posting misogynistic content online on what the police called a “combating misogyny on the internet” day of action. “Today’s day of action makes it clear: We consciously go into the spaces of hate, identify acts and perpetrators, take them out of anonymity […]
Officials in Fowlerville, Michigan, have agreed to pay $320,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by Ryohei Akima, who was wrongly charged with driving under the influence after a rookie officer misread a breathalyzer test. Akima blew a 0.02, below the blood alcohol content for a drunk driving charge. But officer Caitlyn Peca read that as […]
Officials in Fowlerville, Michigan, have agreed to pay $320,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by Ryohei Akima, who was wrongly charged with driving under the influence after a rookie officer misread a breathalyzer test. Akima blew a 0.02, below the blood alcohol content for a drunk driving charge. But officer Caitlyn Peca read that as […]